Japanese symbol for “emacs”

Ｅｍａｃｓ

イーマックス

Romaji: iimakkusu

Emacs (text editor)

In Japanese, emacs is Ｅｍａｃｓ, read イーマックス (iimakkusu).

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Meanings

n Emacs (text editor) (comp)

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